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Bandits Continue Playoff Race Against Knighthawks

April 9, 2016
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The Buffalo Bandits (9-4) and their Thruway rivals the Rochester Knighthawks (6-7) will face off in the second of three divisional showdowns during the 2016 NLL regular season Saturday night at the First Niagara Center. In their first matchup of the season, the Buffalo Bandits came away with the 13-10 victory at home against the Knighthawks on March 11. Coming up big offensively for the Bandits on the score sheet…

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Black Wolves Take on Banged Up Rock

April 9, 2016
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Saturday night the 8-5 New England Black Wolves will pay their first visit of 2016 to the Air Canada Centre to take on the 4-9 Toronto Rock. In their only meeting this season, New England defeated Toronto 17-16 in overtime on Valentine’s Day in Connecticut. New England was led by Shawn Evans (as always) with 12 points while Rob Hellyer led the Rock (also as per usual) with 10 points….

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Rock Blast Past Stealth Despite Injuries

April 4, 2016
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It was a battle of last place teams but you’d never know it from the intensity on the floor Saturday night as the Toronto Rock took down the Vancouver Stealth 13-11 at the Langley Events Centre. The Rock move into a tie with the Georgia Swarm for fourth place in the East, two games back of the Rochester Knighthawks for the last playoff spot with five games remaining. Vancouver remains…

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Roughnecks Look to Stay in West Race Against Rush

April 2, 2016
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The Saskatchewan Rush watched the NLL trade deadline come and go without making any changes to their lineup for the remainder of the 2016 NLL season. GM Derek Keenan feels his lineup is as good as any in the league and rightly so. Going into tonight’s game against the Calgary Roughnecks the Rush have won five in a row, including a weekend sweep of the Toronto Rock and sit tied…

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Black Wolves Challenge Nine Win Mammoth

April 2, 2016
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Tonight the Colorado Mammoth (9-3) will visit the New England Black Wolves (7-4).  These teams met just four weeks ago with the Mammoth coming up on top by a score of 14-13. Both teams have been playing very strong in keeping pace in their respective divisions.  Colorado clinched a playoff berth last week in their win, while the Black Wolves put a big weekend sweep against the Rochester Knighthawks last…

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Bandits Look to Control East, Face Swarm

April 1, 2016
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The Buffalo Bandits (8-4) and the Georgia Swarm (4-8) will face off in their third and final divisional showdown of the 2016 NLL regular season Saturday night at the Infinite Energy Arena. In their first matchup of the season, the visiting Buffalo Bandits came away with the 21-14 victory over the Swarm on February 14. In their second showdown of the season, the visiting Georgia Swarm returned the favor with…

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Knighthawks Acquire Josh Gillam, Joe Maracle

March 29, 2016
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The Rochester Knighthawks made two moves at the Trade Deadline, acquiring lefty forwards Josh Gillam and Joe “Haodias” Maracle from the Georgia Swarm in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2018 NLL Entry Draft and Rochester’s highest third-round selection in the 2016 Draft.   “These are guys who we expect to come in and make us better,” said Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen.   Originally selected with the 18th…

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Wolves Clip Hawks in Weekend Sweep

March 29, 2016
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Shawn Evans Leads his Team with 18 Points in a Pair of  Victories. Saturday night the Rochester Knighthawks looked for revenge against the New England Blackwolves after losing Friday 16-13.  Unfortunately for the Knighthawks and their fans they fell again, but in a much closer game 10-8. New England now sits in second place, only a half game behind Buffalo for first and hold a two game lead over the…

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Lacrosse Reacts to Alex Buque Goalie Hit Gone Viral

March 29, 2016
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The few times that the National Lacrosse League has seen footage of game play on national television or virally on the Internet, it hasn’t often been in appreciation of the play on the field. The NLL has once again reached that point, as the open field hit from Colorado Mammoth goaltender Alex Buque on Calgary transition Karsen Leung has been everywhere. While the hit has gotten the NLL on the…

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2016 NLL Trade Deadline Primer

March 28, 2016
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The National Lacrosse League trade deadline is never quite as exciting as the trade deadlines in other sports. However, several teams in this 2016 season have needs, which could lead to a few more moves than we are used to seeing. The Rochester Knighthawks might need to add a lefty with Cory Vitarelli on the shelf. Quinn Powless was added in a trade with New England earlier this season, but the…

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